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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 841 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2000, chapters 733<\/a> and 745<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86229,"section_number":"25.1-237","catch_line":"Payment of compensation and damages into court; vesting of title","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-237\/"},{"id":79287,"section_number":"33.2-1019","catch_line":"Payments into court or filing certificate of deposit before entering upon land","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1019\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248023,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68278,"identifier":"55.1-2519","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/1\/55.1-2519","url":"\/55.1-2519\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2519\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/1\/55.1-2519","dublin_core":{"Title":"Responsibilities of general receiver and clerk","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2519","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The general receiver, if one has been appointed, and the clerk of each circuit<\/span> court shall be responsible for identifying moneys held by them in their respective accounts that have remained unclaimed by the owner<\/span> for more than one year after such moneys became payable<\/span> and for petitioning the court to remit such money to the administrator<\/span>. There shall be no obligation to report or remit funds deposited as compensation and damages<\/span> in condemnation proceedings pursuant to \u00a7 25.1-237<\/a> prior to a final court order<\/span> or pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1019<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES OF GENERAL RECEIVER AND CLERK (\u00a7 55.1-2519)\n\nThe general receiver, if one has been appointed, and the clerk of each circuit\ncourt shall be responsible for identifying moneys held by them in their\nrespective accounts that have remained unclaimed by the owner for more than one\nyear after such moneys became payable and for petitioning the court to remit\nsuch money to the administrator. There shall be no obligation to report or remit\nfunds deposited as compensation and damages in condemnation proceedings pursuant\nto \u00a7 25.1-237 prior to a final court order or pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1019.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 841, \u00a7 55-210.9:2; 2000, cc. 733, 745; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}